Pattern-chart.



PATENTED JUNE 19, 1906. M. WHITING.

G. P. PARK-ER & M. E.

PATTERN CHART.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.25, 1905.

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PATTERN CHART.

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Be'it known that we, GEORGE F. PARKER and MARIE-E. M. WHITING,- of Boston, in the county of Suifolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pattern-Charts,- of which the following is a specification. This invention relates to pattern-charts for dressmakers and others, and has for its object to rovide a chart from which patterns of all imensi-ons and styles may be-- more. easily and rapidly drafted to fit any form and of which the 'edges may be used as guides for the marking-point in drawing out thepattern :3 V l v The invention consists in a chart made of a size to fit a person normally formed and having size-indicators by which the chart may be adjusted to correspond with larger measurv ments, these indicators being so connected that they are capable of being turned back-to leave the guiding edge of the chart unobstructed.

The drawings illustrate the embodiment of our invention and in pattern-charts which may be used for making different garments.

In the drawings, Figures 1 to 5, inclusive, show the parts which make up a waist. Figs. 6 and 7 represent patterns for a sleeve, and Figs. 8, 9 and 10 are patterns forthe parts of as rirt.

' Each of the pattern-charts consists of a body portion a, which is made of ,a suitable tough material which will not be easily torn and which has sufiicient stiffness to retain its shape when a pencil or chalk is drawn along its edges. Preferably a stiff tough paper may be used as the material from which the chart is made. Each of the edges is adapted to be used as a marking-guide, and from certain of the edges project size-indicators b, which are graduated with scales of the desired proportions and have erforations c unched through them on t e indicatingines of the sizes. A I

Referring'in detail to Figs. 1 to 5 the indicators rovided upon the patterns shown in these 'gures represent the bust and waist measurements and are suitably graduated to be read in inches. The dimensions of the chart are such that a pattern made therefrom would fit a figure of the smallest size for which the apparatus is designed, and the eX- Speeification of Letters Patent.

I off. Each of-the tensions or indicators are providedfor enlarging the patterns made therefrom. Each of the charts from'which the waist is made has a'line d, which'we call the-primal waistline, that is located at the distance'benea'th the-arm-opening corresponding to the underarm measurement of the smallest whom the pattern is adapted* elowthis primal waist-line are scalesand perforations extending at regular intervals, by which the waist-line for longer-waisted persons may be located; In the sleeve-patterns the indicae ments about thearm at the shoulder, wrist,

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and forearm, and the indicators for the skirt:-

pattern give the waist and hip measurements The sleeve-pattern also has a base-line e at the elbow and a central line f at the shoulder end, While the skirt-patterns have a line g at the hip. f Each of these lines serves as a base from which corresponding lines for patterns of greater length than the chart may be laid parts of the chart also has lines h extending parallel to the edges which are to be sewed together for indicating the lines "on which the seams are'to be taken in the garment and are provided with perforations '5, upon such lines, through which guidemarks may be made for drawing upon the cloth the lines for the seams. In using the chart to draft a pattern the edges of the back and side pieces from which the indicators roject are used as guides, and lines are drawn from the upper ends thereof to the primal waist-line, after Whichthe chartis set over until the guide-line thus drawn coincides with the perforation in the indicator located on the graduations corresponding to the bust and waist measurements of the figure'to be fitted. Thereupon the marking instrument is drawn .along the other edges of the chart. The waist-line of the pattern is determined by a guide-mark made through one of the per forations 'below the primal waist line of which the graduation .corres onds to the back measurement for the back piece and to the under-arm measurement for the side and front pieces. Thefront piece is also provided with darts 7c.

The manner of using the sleeve and skirt charts is similar to that described in connection with the chart for the waist; but the charts for the skirt are also provided with ad- 65 tors are graduated to represent Imeasu're- 7 ditional indicators to be used when the skirts are to be made with a different number of gores. Thus there are provided three indicators for both the waist and hip measurements to be used either for a five, a seven, or a nine gored skirt. The indicators are preferably formed integral with the body portions of the chart when the latter is made of a flexible material and in any case are attached by a flexible hinge connection, so that they can be bent back upon the lines of the edges of the body portion from which they project, so that there may be no interruptions of these edges when'they are used for guiding a marking-point.

From the foregoing it will be evident that by the use of our chart patterns of any size and of all measurements, whether normal or not, may be made and that therefore any figure, however abnormal in form or development, may be fitted.

What we claim is 1. A pattern-chart comprising a body having portions of its outline or edges adapted to constitute guides for a marker, and a projection or size-indicator having a scale extending from an edge of the body and flexibly united thereto, so that it may be turned back on such edge to leave an uninterrupted guiding edge.

2. A pattern-chart comprising a body having portions of its outline or edges adapted to constitute marking-guides, said body having also a base-line intermediate its ends, and a graduated scale extending away therefrom, and an extension or size-indicator flexibly secured to an edge of the body, so as to project outwardly therefrom, and capable of being turned back on the line of such edge to leave unobstructed the marking-guide. 3. A pattern-chart comprising a body having portions of its outline or edges adapted to constitute guides for a marker, and a projection or indicator having a scale, and formed with perforations on the guide-lines of the scale, extending from an edge of the body and flexibly uni-ted thereto, so that it may be turned back on such edge to leave an uninterrupted guiding edge.

In testimony whereof we have ailixed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE F. PARKER. MARIE E. M. VVHITIN G. Witnesses:

ARTHUR H. BROWN, E. BATOHELDER. 

